Jury sees autopsy photos

Jurors on Tuesday saw candid pictures of a smiling Abdul Ali with her mother. They also saw autopsy photos of the young mother, her head shaved to show bruises and scrapes on the left side of her head, forehead and the bridge of her nose.

A medical examiner testified that the autopsy showed Abdul Ali’s skull was fractured, driving bone fragments into her brain, killing her — instantly or over the course of several hours.

Abdul Ali’s brother also testified Tuesday. He said his mother originally told him that Abdul Ali was in the hospital and had been in a car accident.

“She was cold, she showed no emotion, like nothing happened,” Wahid Abdul Ali said. The computer programmer has become the legal guardian for his niece.

He refused to look at his mother and would not identify her when asked by prosecutors.

“I know she’s sitting over there,” he said with a dismissive wave.

Sitting in a wheelchair and listening to a translator, Mohamad rested her head on the padded back of a chair at the defense table while her son testified. Mohamad faces life in prison if convicted. The trial, in state District Judge Ruben Guerrero’s court, is expected to end this week.